Tag: loans
13 days ago
tech.eu

iwoca secures £270M in debt funding to support SME lending

Specifically, iwoca has received £150 million in debt financing commitments from Citibank and Insight Investment to s...

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over 1 year ago
nypost.com

Hunter Biden’s former law firm received $10M in forgiven COVID loans while donating $1M to Dems

Boies Schiller Flexner received $10M in forgiven pandemic loans from the federal government — while donating nearly $...

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almost 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

What the Bank of England base rate is and why it fluctuates, explained

An expected increase to the Bank of England's base rate will make mortgages and loans more expensive but is good news...

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Mum-of-two trapped in debt after borrowing £750 from loan shark friend 10 years ago

For an initial loan of £750, Kim was paying back £400 interest. She says the pressure intensified after she had to di...

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about 2 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | Loan sharks are pulling Canadians under

Payday and instalment loans come with extortionate annual interest rates of up to 60 per cent. How is this legal?

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Inside chilling property scam which sees criminals steal your home and secretly sell it

Psychological thriller, Our House, sees Tuppence Middleton play mum-of-two Fi Lawson, who discovers her house has mys...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

What not to do before buying a house, according to a property expert

A property expert has shared what buyers should 'avoid' doing before buying a home, like not checking their credit sc...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

'I won £4 million on the lottery, but my family aren't getting a penny of it'

A 24-year-old man took to Reddit to ask users for advice on whether he was doing the right thing by not giving any of...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Nationwide issues warning over 'cash trapping' scam at ATMs and how to spot it

The scam makes it appear as if the ATM is simply out of service, leaving customers frustrated - but in reality it's w...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Cash machine warning after customer spots hidden box that steals withdrawals

In footage of the scam online, the withdrawal slot has been covered by a plastic box that collects the cash - leaving...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Single parents paying millions in child maintenance fees despite losing £408m

EXCLUSIVE: Under the terms of the Child Maintenance Service, if your former spouse refuses to contribute towards thei...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

New debt rule change will allow 13,000 people to write off loans from this week

It's estimated that around 13,000 people a year will now be eligible for a DR – although the support costs a one-off ...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Benefit scheme could give you £812 lump sum if you're struggling with bills

If you've been on certain benefits for six months, you might be entitled to a support loan to help you with unexpecte...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Parents pay off £95,620 mortgage 28 years early to live debt-free before 40

Siobhan Bowen, 36, and husband Lee, 38, bought their three-bed semi for £112,500 in 2011, when on a combined £40,000 ...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

First wave of Covid Bounce Back Loan repayments due this week - all your options

Companies were given 12 months where the Government picked up the 2.5% interest charged on the loans of up to £50,000

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Klarna customers hit by privacy glitch with millions unable to access accounts

Users have reported being able to access other shoppers' accounts when trying to manage their transactions

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

First-time buyer who started saving at 15 explains how Help to Buy works

Under the latest Help to Buy scheme, the government will lend homeowners up to 20% of the property value, interest-fr...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Provident Financial to axe doorstep lending business after 141 years

Provident Financial is to close its doorstep lending business, 141 years after it was first started, in a move that w...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Mortgage prisoners trapped paying 7% interest won't get extra help, MPs confirm

Mortgage prisoners are those who are unable to switch to a cheaper mortgage - this could be due to inactive lenders, ...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Housebuyers warned they have just 10 weeks left before stamp duty holiday ends

The payment holiday, which was extended in March, is due to end on Wednesday, June 30, and all transactions must be c...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Shoppers chased by 'buy now, pay later' debt collectors unable to afford food

The use of buy now, pay later providers nearly quadrupled in 2020 and is now at £2.7billion with Klarna, Clearpay and...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Shoppers chased by 'by now, pay later' debt collectors unable to afford food

The use of buy now, pay later providers nearly quadrupled in 2020 and is now at £2.7billion with Klarna, Clearpay and...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

10 things you need to know about new 95% mortgages including banks offering them

A new government-backed mortgage scheme to help people with 5% deposits get on to the housing ladder is available to ...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

House buyers face highest ever price tags as average home jumps £7000 in a month

The recent extension of a stamp duty holiday, the return of some low-deposit mortgages, optimism over the coronavirus...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Mortgage penalty that's costing thousands of homeowners £1,000 extra a year

Forty-two per cent of people whose fixed-term mortgages have ended since lockdown began in March 2020 may be paying a...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Katie Price owes £3m to creditors as she fails to get out of bankruptcy hole

Despite trying to recoup her lost £45million business empire, Katie Price has left her creditors empty-handed after f...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Last chance for millions to get Covid payment holidays on loans and mortgages

The Financial Conduct Authority – which heads up the payments – said the most recent extension announced in January w...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

'I'm a prisoner in my bombsite home after builders charged £20,000 then left'

Karen Jones, 56, from Manea, Cambridgeshire, claims Tennants Trades Ltd refused to complete an annex conversion for h...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Martin Lewis tells Sunak people will be homeless by time 4th SEISS grant arrives

In the aftermath of Wednesday's speech, Lewis said he heard from floods of people who face homelessness after being t...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

What today's Budget announcements mean exactly for your money, job and wages

The Chancellor unveiled extensions to the furlough scheme, business rates relief, the £20 boost to weekly Universal C...

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over 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Martin Lewis on why Brits are owed thousands by their bank - and how to claim it

Speaking on the ITV Money Show, the consumer expert told viewers banks and building societies are wrongly sitting on ...

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over 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Help to Buy extended after thousands of buyers told their homes aren't built yet

The government has agreed to extend the deadline for the previous help to buy scheme after buyers were struck by dela...

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over 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Persimmon sets aside £75million to fix flammable cladding on 26 new build blocks

Persimmon, the firm which has been battling to restore trust with customers over cost-cutting and building issues, ha...

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over 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Ratesetter to close 45,000 accounts as it sells all loans to Metro Bank

Peer-to-peer lender Ratesetter has stopped offering peer-to-peer investment products and will close all 45,000 existi...

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over 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Tens of thousands of firms face collapse as Chancellor fails to deliver on Covid business loans

Business owners want more time to pay Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan after Treasury fails to provide lenders ...

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over 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Huge crackdown on buy now, pay later firms like Klarna amid £2.7bn debt warning

The use of buy now, pay later providers nearly quadrupled in 2020 and is now at £2.7billion, with 5million people usi...

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